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Online Master of Business Administration/Master of Public Health Dual Degree Curriculum
The dual Master of Business Administration(MBA)/Master of Public Health (MPH)/degree offers students the opportunity to combine advanced studies in leadership and public health. The program requires the successful completion of 64 credit hours—30 toward the MBA and 34 toward the MPH.
Master of Business Administration Foundation Courses (30 credits)
ACCT 5501 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 Credits)
Explore the preparation, interpretation, and analysis of the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flows. You will examine the rationale for and implications of important accounting concepts, the selection of alternatively acceptable accounting methods, and their varying effects of valuation and net income determination and reporting. You'll gain an understanding of the many analytical tools utilized to explore complex accounting information in your role as a vital manager or executive in a global organization.
ECON 5101 Economics (3 Credits)
Students will study fundamental concepts of Economics, including supply and demand as well as methods of measuring economic performance, such as GDP, inflation, and unemployment. Other topics include the causes of instability in the economy and potential corrective measures.
MNGT 5101 Organizational Behavior (3 Credits)
In MNGT 5101 Organizational Behavior, you will examine how organizations motivate individuals and teams to succeed while overcoming conflicts and change. Once completed, you will be able to outline organizational behavior trends, discuss ethical issues, and identify strategies to improve employee motivations through job design.
ACCT 6201 Managerial Accounting for Decision Makers (3 Credits)
Understand the measurement, communication and interpretation of accounting information for management decision-making, planning, control and evaluation of results.
The course material will put you in the role of an internal consultant that will explore the context of the extensive changes being implemented in manufacturing, service delivery technologies and control systems. This course uses case studies to emphasize the application of concepts.
ECON 6101 Managerial Economics (3 Credits)
Students will learn to apply microeconomic tools to business decision-making. Topics include optimization, consumer behavior, elasticity of demand, the use of regression analysis to estimate demand (revenues) and costs, marginal analysis and market structure.
MNGT 6501 Operations Management (3 Credits)
This course focuses on the strategic role of operations and how to improve operations processes. Issues to be discussed include continuous quality improvement, the critical importance of the customer and consideration of selected quantitative techniques.
FINA 6101 Techniques in Financial Decision Making (3 Credits)
Students will develop an understanding of financial theory and its application through case analysis.
MKTG 6101 Brand and Marketing Management (3 Credits)
This course introduces students to both the theory and practice of marketing. It analyzes all marketing issues from the perspective of the marketing manager.
MNGT 6801 Global Strategic Management (3 Credits)
In MNGT 6801 Global Strategic Management, you will discuss through theory and cases how to best utilize management, accounting, finance, and marketing techniques to integrate the disciplines and techniques learned in previous required courses.
MNGT 6601 Project Management (3 Credits)
The class is an examination of the art and science of project management as applied to a variety of business and technology settings.